Today’s question comes from Mike. He asks, ‘Is it common for Chinese families not to tell a loved one that they have cancer?’

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• Nora’s fact: An update with some actual concrete info regarding China’s latest visa expert policies.
• Hollie’s news: Hebei farmer has spent 17 years growing trees into chairs.
• We discuss some of the themes of The Farewell, also known as 别告诉她 (bié gào su tā) ‘Don’t Tell Her’, including:
  • individualism vs collectivism
  • how cancer and death is dealt with in China and Chinese families
  • the ethics of lying
  • the doctor’s dilemma
• Listen to our episode on honoring the dead in China
• Our word of the episode is ‘don’t’ 别 (bié)
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